The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-03-12
THOROUGH WORK,
Some Facts Which Farmers Would no
Well to Remember.

Well to Remember.
Every year that farm convinces me
that thorough work pays me consid-
erably better profit than attempting a
larger amount of work and failing to
do the work as thoroughly as it should
be done to secure tie best results. II
you plant thirty acres of corn, and in
order to be able to do the work you
must crowd the blowing, and you can
not crowd the blowing and do good
work. You must crowd the planting;
you can not wait to take time to harrow
and roll until the soil is in a good condi-
ton for planting, because if you do
you will be too late in planting. Not
being able to properly prepare the
land before planting, increases the la
Dor of eultivating; and the soil not be-
ing in tirst-class condition, you can
not cultivate as well and it requires a
longer time to do the work, and in
consequence you are not able to cult
yate as many times as should be done.
1t is the early cultivation that induces
the start to grow, and you can not cul-
tivate as early or do the work as well
if the soil is not worked into a fine con-
d ton before planting.
This is certain to affect the yield. II
by hurrying every thing and only doing
the work as the time seems to permit,
we are able to liant and cultivate thirty
acres of corn that under favorable cir
cumstances will yield us thirty bushels
per acre-and this is a good average
yield under ordinary preparation and
| cultivation-at thirty cents per bushel
this is SO per acre or $275 for the crop.
Lessen the acreage; spend the same
amount of time in blowing and pre-
pairing the land thoroughly before
planting, getting into good condition
so that a good termination of seed is
secured. And you are in a position to
commence the cultivation soon after
the crop is planted and secure by that
means a good start to grow. And then
keep it up by cultivating as often as is
necessary to keep up good steady
growth l find that you can not eX-
pect to cultivate your crops certain
number of times every year.
Some years more cultivation will be
necessary than others. The only sure
plan is to cultivate sufficiently often to
keep the soil mellow and thorough
destroy the weeds. If two narrowing
and four workings with the cultivation
will secure this all right; if not give
more. | have cultivat d corn as many
as seven times in one season and was
satisfied at the time that the yield Sc
cured paid me well enough for the
trouble. If by thorough cultivation yet
can secure fifty bushels of corn pei
acre you are making as much or molC
money from the twenty acres thar
from the thirty less thoroughly cult
waited, and what is true of corn wi
hold good with all the other crops OF
the farm.
And many have this lesson to learn
We try to farm too many acres witt
too little help either of men, teams o
machinery. If you want to plant thirt.
acres of corn have teams and he'll
enough to prepare and plant the crol
in good season and in a thorough man
ner.
always try to farm to secure tn,
largest amount of profit, and | hav
learned that can secure Il larger prof
by farming less acreage and doing
all the work thoroughly and in Seaso
; than attempting to do too much am
having your work crowding you all IT,
time.
Especially with spring crops there
always best time to plant the differed
crops and the nearer we can plant o
SOW the crops to their tine the bette
: will the yield. If we are able t
prepare the land thoroughly and hav
it in good condition and to pint a
the proper time we have laid tn
foundation for good crop.
! And if we have got the crops plante
we are then in condition to commend
5 and continue the cultivation.
Better to have little spare time
improve keeping the farm in a goo
e clean condition rather than behip
D wi h all the farm work and not be alb
3 to do the work in season or to pay an
n attention to other necessary work. III
once and decrease the acreage so tn
T. you can do all the work in the be
o manner, rather than attempt to cult
q vate too large acreage.-M
y Shepherd, in DeS Moines (IG,) Leader.
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